Senior Specialist Dietitian: Intestinal Failure

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leeds is seeking a part-time Senior Specialist Dietitian to provide advanced dietetic care for patients with intestinal failure. The role involves clinical supervision, training, and collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team. Applicants must be HCPC registered with significant experience in a senior dietetic role. This position offers opportunities for professional development and contribution to quality patient care.

Benefits

Continuous professional development

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration as a Dietitian.
• Experience of working in a senior dietetic role.
• Advanced knowledge of current issues in clinical specialist area.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced, highly specialised dietetic care to patients.
• Lead clinical training of dietetic students.
• Support the Clinical Dietetic Manager in team activities.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of dietetic care

Excellent communication skills

Supervisory experience

Team collaboration

Research and audit skills

Education

BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent

HCPC registration

Evidence of relevant masters level qualifications

Job description

Band7 Senior Specialist Dietitian: Intestinal failure

Part-time 22.5 hrs / 0.6 wte

Wouldyou like to advance your career in one of the largest acute teachinghospitals in the UK?

Anexciting opportunity has arisen due to maternity leave, for a SeniorSpecialist Dietitian for Intestinal Failure at the Leeds Teaching HospitalsNHS Trust (LTHT). The Intestinal Failure Dietetic team consists of a ClinicalSpecialist Dietetic post, Senior Specialist Dietitian, Specialist Dietitians,and a Dietetic assistant and works within the multi-disciplinary team. Theteam manages a large caseload of patients with types 1, 2 and 3 Intestinalfailure including those receiving home parenteral support. Our large friendlyNutrition and Dietetic service consists of 4 adult teams and 1 childrensteam which include many regional specialist services. Our department employsDietetic Assistants, Dietetic Associate Practitioners, Apprentice Dietitians,Dietitians, an Enteral Feeding Associate Practitioner and Enteral FeedingNurse Specialists. We are part of the Adult Therapies Clinical Service Unitwhere our vision is to empower staff to provide the best care for ourpatients, body, mind and soul.

Main duties of the job

Thepost holder will provide highly specialised dietetic care to patients withIntestinal Failure at a local and regional level. This will include advice topatients, their families and carers and all healthcare staff at local andregional level. The post-holder will also have operational responsibilitiesin supervising junior staff members as well as being pivotal in leadingaspects of clinical training for students, dietetic staff and other healthcare professionals working within Intestinal Failure and complex artificialfeeding. The post-holder will also be actively involved in the developmentand implementation of guidelines and audit of patient care practices as partof the service quality assurance framework and will be encouraged toparticipate in dietetic working groups.

About us

OurTrust values are that we are patient-centred, empowered, collaborative, fairand accountable. If your values match ours, we would love to hear from you.We have a strong focus on investing in the continued professional developmentof our people to ensure that they can achieve their full potential. We leadtheway in providing further training and career development opportunities inevery department and at every level of our organisation. We have a culturewhere people take a real pride in their work, respect each other and all worktogether to deliver the most exceptional standards of patient care. We have ahappy, productive work environment where everyone in every role plays theirown important part in our success.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

For further informationplease contact:

Joanne Orford ,Lead Professional Intestinal failure/Nutrition team 0113 2068649 [e-mail]

Job responsibilities

JOBPURPOSE

Provideadvanced, highly specialised dietetic care to patients at local and regionallevel. This will include advice to patients and all healthcare staff. Provideand lead aspects of clinical training of dietetic students. Support Clinicaldietetic Manager in co-ordinating activities of the team and providingsupport and supervision to staff. Lead in research and audit withinspecialised clinical area and disseminate findings.

3. JOB DIMENSIONS

Thepost holder will:

3.1 Lead in a clinical specialist area.

3.2 Manage own caseload and supervise thecaseloads of the other dietetic staff.

3.3 Assist and support the ClinicalDietetic Manager/line manager in the day to day management of the team ofdietitians and students.

3.4 Deliver and supervise training tohealthcare staff, dietitians and students at local and regional level, acting as a resource in the specialist area.

3.5 Be a core member of the multidisciplinar care team, liaising with other members of the team toprovide integrated dietetic care.

3.6 Initiate and co-ordinate research andaudit projects within specialised area and disseminate findings at conferencelevel.

3.7 Be an active member of the out ofhours service.

KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

5.2 HCPC Registration as a Dietitian.

5.3 Experience of working in a senordietetic role.

5.4Willing to undergo any trainingas required to enable performance in thejob.

5.5 Advanced knowledge of current issuesin clinical specialist area.

5.6 Able to work within a team,demonstrating initiative and confidence.

5.7 Good written, oral and interpersonalcommunication skills.

5.8 Able to demonstrate excellent timemanagement and organisational skills.

5.9 Proactive in day to day clinical andnon-clinical management.

5.10 Good presentation skills in deliveringtraining to large multidisciplinary groups of staff or members of the public.(this may involve groups of more than 50 people).

8. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS

8.1 Demonstrate excellent office practicein accordance with departmental policies and procedures.

8.2 Be a pro-active team member of the ofthe Dietetic department at LTHT by participating in departmental developmentprojects, attending and participating in department meetings and clinicalupdates.

8.3 Demonstrate the ability to communicatehighly complex specialised and sensitive information with empathy andunderstanding.

8.4Demonstrate the ability toprovide highly complex nutrition counselling to patients, requiring cognitivebehaviour therapy skills to overcome barriers to change.

8.5 Demonstrate the ability to analyse,investigate and assess highly complex clinical and non-clinical informationto form accurate nutrition care plans in highly complex and specialist area.

8.6 Demonstrate analytical skills inprioritising the best course of dietetic treatment in patients with highlycomplex clinical conditions, where nutritional goals may conflict with otheron-going physical, emotional, psychological and medical problems and a rangeof treatment options must be assessed and considered.

8.7 Be a recognised resource in aspecialist clinical area at a regional level.

9. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

9.1 Ability to perform advancednutritional assessments in respective clinical area, interpret and planrelevant dietetic care programmes for patients with highly complexnutritional and medical needs which requires judgement and consideration of arange of treatment options.

9.2 Advanced knowledge of biochemistry,physiology and specialised pharmacology.

9.3 Understanding of the calculationsrequired in dietetic assessment.

9.4 Ability to correctly interpret complexnutritional impairments, biochemical parameters and fluid balance. This willinvolve nutritional diagnosis including interpretation of biochemistry,anthropometrics, clinical condition, social factors and diet histories inpatients with highly specialised and complex nutritional needs.

9.5 Highly specialist knowledge ininterpreting complex clinical information to develop and monitor nutritionalcare plans in a specialised dietetic area. This will include the prescriptionof dietary treatment, prescribable nutritional products, enteral and totalparenteral nutrition qualified supplementary or independent prescribersannotated on the HCPC register, may prescribe medicines within scope ofpractice. This will be within a defined clinical speciality and will be asper LTHT non-medical prescribing policy.

9.6 Responsible for safe dischargeplanning, including co-ordination of discharge of patients on home enteralfeeding.

9.7 Able to evaluate, develop andimplement practice using evidence based practice and critical appraisal.

9.8 Ability to advise and suggestnutrition-related medications.

9.9 Knowledge of clinical governance,quality of care and evidence based practice in specialist area.

9.10Awareness of national guidance anddriving factors in specialist area.

10. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OFRESPONSIBILITY

10.1 Clinical and professional

10.1.1 Be an autonomous practitioner, clinically,legally and professionally responsible for own caseload.

10.1.2 Responsible for undertaking dieteticclinical duties in specialised clinical area, managing and prioritising ownclinical caseload.

10.1.3Collect analyse and record relevant patient information from clinical andpatient sources to develop effective nutritional care plans.

10.1.4 Communicate complex dietetic treatment andadvice of patients to healthcare staff, professionals and patient carers.This will involve co-ordinating nutritional care with other Trusts andregional centres.

10.1.5 Undertake advanced assessments of patientswith diverse and highly complex nutritional issues where investigative andanalytical skills are required to formulate accurate treatment plans.

10.1.6 Responsible for providing highlyspecialised dietary advice within an in-patient and out-patient setting, topatients in a distinct specialist area. Eg advice to renal dialysis patienton calcium and phosphate management, oncology patients on enteral feeding,cystic fibrosis patient on fat intake and enzyme replacement therapy.

10.1.7 Responsible for developing and maintainingown expertise and agreed level of expertise of team members by updating ownspecialised clinical knowledge and skills. This will include developingregional networks within the specialist and attending local, regional andnational professional interest group meetings.

10.1.8 Participate in the appraisal process as anappraiser and appraise, developing a strategy for personal and continuousprofessional interest group meetings.

10.1.9 Responsible for implementing clinicalgovernance and risk assessment in respective specialised clinical area aspart of continuing quality improvement e.g. advise patients and staff oninfection control issues around enteral feeding.

10.1.10Undertakeresearch and audit within specialist area using research methodology. Thiswills involve identifying, co-ordinating and evaluating research and auditprojects to measure clinical effectiveness and promote evidence basedpractice.

10.1.11Expectation to attend regional and national conferences as a delegate andpresenter. This will include both verbal and poster presentations.

10.1.12Undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as requested by linemanager.

10.2 Education and training

10.2.1 Devise and implementspecialised nutritional care plans for inpatients and outpatients byinterpreting national guidelines, standards and National Service Frameworksfor use in specialist area. This will involve advising patients, relatives orcarers, individually or in a group setting.

10.2.2Provide effective oral and written specialised dietetic advice andinformation to patients, and their carers, to enable achievement of dietaryaims.

10.2.3 Lead the development of resources used inthe education and training of patients, health professionals and the publicat local and regional level.

10.2.4Provide postgraduate training on arange of subjects within specialist area to multidisciplinary groups andaudiences at local and regional level. This will involve medical, dietetic,nursing staff and other healthcare professionals.

10.2.5Train ward staff to use dietetic, nursing staff and other healthcareprofessionals.

10.2.6Use developed communication andteaching skills to educate a diverse and multicultural population withbarriers to understanding the essential, highly complex dietary exchangesystems. This may be on an individual or group basis.

10.2.7Be an active member of the in-servicetraining programme through delivery of training sessions and tutorials atstaff meeting and by attending external courses and demonstrating reflectivepractice.

10.2.8 Responsible for aspects of studenttraining. This will include liaison with training provider, allocation ofstudent to members of staff, involvement in programme design, clinicalsupervision and acting mentor as required

10.2.9 To develop, implement and audit innovativemethods of delivering education sessions e.g. group workshops for patientsand their carers.

Managerial

10.3.1 Lead and disseminate expert clinicalinformation to other members of the multidisciplinary team by attendance andparticipation in ward rounds and case conferences as required.

10.3.2 Involved I the planning, setting andmonitoring of departmental and team objectives and standards. This willinclude contributing to the adaptation of national BDA special interest groupstandards for use in the local setting.

10.3.3 Undertakes research and audit. Recommendsand implements changes to practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent.
• Evidence of relevant masters level qualifications or equivalent experience
• HCPC registration.
• BDA membership

Skills & behaviours

• Able to work within and manage a team, demonstrate time management skills and initiative.
• Self-motivated and able to motivate staff and patients
• Committed to personal and professional development
• Confident and caring approach

Additional Requirements

• Evidence of providing clinical supervision
• Attendance at Clinical Supervisory skills course or equivalent
• Attendance at Leadership skills course
• Attendance at nationally recognised clinical training course for complex artificial feeding

Experience

• Involvement in Specialist Dietetic care within Intestinal failure
• Understanding of clinical governance, risk assessment and continuing quality improvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.